Bucknell at Lafayette
Saturday, November 6, 1920 Share
Lafayette beat Bucknell 10–7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 9–1–3.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 7, 1920, page 1
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LAFAYETTE WINS HARD FOUGHT GAME Defeats Bucknell by Three Points, the Final Score Standing 10 to z. EAsToN, Pa. Nov. Lafayette Col lege won hard fought game from Bucknell University here to-day on March Field by the score OF 10 to T. The game was the best seen here for several years, Bucknell proving dangerous to the last. Lafayette scored first In the third period. On an Off tackle play Gazella lodged through a broken field for forty seven yards and a touchdown. Later In this quarter Brennan. quarterback. kicked n goal from placement from Bucknelrs 86 yard lire. In the first half Brennan missed placement kicks from Buclnelis % and 33 yard lines. Buclnell came strong in the Anal pc Rod and two forward passes placed the ball on Lafayette’s IS yard line. On placement kick formation long for ward. McDermott to Mangln 10 Julian. was good for a touchdown. Bowser kicked the goal The lineup:
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Lafayette 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Lafayette gameLafayette leads 28–12–3 in 43 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.
| 2026 | Lafayette 20, Bucknell 7 | |
| 2025 | Lafayette 62, Bucknell 24 | |
| 2024 | Bucknell 21, Lafayette 14 | |
| 2023 | Lafayette 56, Bucknell 22 | |
| 2022 | Lafayette 24, Bucknell 14 | |
| 2021 | Lafayette 27, Bucknell 0 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gameat Washington & JeffersonOct. 1, 1921
- SeasonBucknell in 1920
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Lafayette
- Next gamevs. VillanovaNov. 13, 1920
- SeasonLafayette in 1920
- ProgramLafayette history and records

